Rescue dog becomes PR ambassador of disaster-hit Fukushima village

Search and rescue dog Jagaimo (potato), born in the 2011 nuclear disaster-affected village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, is appointed on Aug. 14, 2017, as an ambassador to promote the village for which an evacuation order was mostly lifted in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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